praetexta
noun
prae·tex·ta
variants or less commonly pretexta
prēˈtekstə
plural praetextae
-kˌstē
: a white robe with a purple border originally worn by an ancient Roman magistrate or priest and later by a Roman boy before he assumed the toga virilis or until about the end of his 14th year and by a girl until marriage
Word History
Etymology
Latin (toga) praetexta, literally, bordered toga, from toga + praetexta, feminine of praetextus bordered, from past participle of praetexere to weave in front, fringe, border
- a dime a dozen
- a dog's breakfast
- a dog's life
- a dose of someone's own medicine
- a drop in the ocean
- a due
- A end
- a face like thunder
- a fair crack of the whip
- a fair hearing
- a fair shake
- a far cry from
- a far sight
- a fat lot of good
- a fate worse than death
- a feast for the eyes
- a feather in one's cap
- a feather in someone's cap
- a feeling of
- a few bob
- a fight for one's life
- a figment of one's imagination
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- a fool for
- a force to be reckoned with